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confabulated

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made up through fabrications

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avowed

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declared or stated assuredly

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limpid

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calm or without worry

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fervent

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enthusiastic or passionate

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scrimping

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sparing

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repose

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lay at rest

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galvanize

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excite, stimulate into activity

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cogitation

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intense thinking or meditation.

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complaisance

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tractability, the quality of complying with others’ wishes

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obviate

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prevent, make unnecessary

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proscribe

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prohibit

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absconding

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to make off with, leave hurriedly or secretly, clear out

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sententious

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tending to use maxims or aphorisms (short observations about truth), moralizing in a pompous or affected manner

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sanctimonious

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making a show of being morally superior to other people

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tacit

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implied but not expressed

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abet

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support an action, especially something illegal

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sequestered

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isolated and hidden away

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confluence

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coming together

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occlusion

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blockage

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sophistry

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deceptive reasoning

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demagoguery

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gaining power by arousing passions or appeal; trickery

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browbeating

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bullying

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idolatry

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extreme admiration

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feigned

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invented, made up

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mephitic

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foul or offensive smell

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prophylactic

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acting to defend against or prevent something, especially disease; protective

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felicitous

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pleasing and fortunate

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bifurcation

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division of something into two parts

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supposition

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an uncertain belief

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depredated

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plundered

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to excise

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to remove something

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pulchritude

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physical beauty or loveliness

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trenchant

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vigorous or incisive in expression or style,” being sharp

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descry

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catch sight of, notice

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bromide

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a commonplace or boring, trite

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complicit

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involved with others in an activity that is unlawful or morally wrong

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bathetic

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characterized by a sudden, often ludicrous, switch from elevated to the everyday or banal

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heterodox

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contrary to accepted or approved beliefs,

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insensate

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“without feeling” or “without sense, understanding, or judgment.”

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incommutable

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“not exchangeable” or “unalterable”

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inconsequential

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“unimportant, trivial, insignificant” or “illogical.”

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meek

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timid, shy

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requite

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to repay or reciprocate

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bridle

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to control or restrain

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retrench

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reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty

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shirk

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to avoid one’s work or duties

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protract

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prolong

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reconnoitered

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surveyed or explored the field

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prototypical

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a model on which something is based

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palatial

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resembling a palace in being spacious and splendid

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subjugate

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conquer, bring under domination or control, especially by conquest

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reprehensible

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deserving censure or condemnation, disgraceful

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supererogatory

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an action performed beyond what is expected or required

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etiolated

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weaken or drain of vigor

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assuage

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make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.

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aver

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assert to be the case

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remunerate

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pay

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beguile

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to charm, possibly deceptively

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salubrious

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health-giving; healthy

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succinctly

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briefly

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impinge upon

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infringe on, have a bad effect on

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disconsolate

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very unhappy

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inveterate

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habitual

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fatuous

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complacently foolish

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halycon

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peaceful, prosperous

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scotched

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ended

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impartiality

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fairness

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partiality

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bias

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gallantry

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dashing courage

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asperity

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harsh in tone

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forestalled

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hindered

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coddled

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treated with excessive care, pampered

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palatable

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acceptable

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erudite

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showing great knowlege

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revel

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to delight in

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peruse

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examine, read carefully

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misanthropic

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hatred toward human kind

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hedonistic

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pleasure seeker

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nefarious

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evil

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feckless

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lazy

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nugatory

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ineffective, trifiling

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exacting

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demanding

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nebulous

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vague

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squalid

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dirty or foul

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sullied

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dirty or soiled

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transient

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short time

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foil

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prevent success of

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reverence

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deep respect

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uncanny

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mysterious, almost supernatural

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blasphemous

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no respect

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profane

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no respect, vulgar

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runic

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mysterious

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recalicitrant

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resisiting authority

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begrudging

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envious, resentful

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concilatory

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attempt to win over

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vicissitude

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change of circumstances (usually for the worse)

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equanimity

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calmness and composure

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eulogistically

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in a praising way

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extempore

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without preparation

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protracted

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prolonged

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attenuated

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made thin, weak

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abridged

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shortened

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tangential

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only slightly connected

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pertinent

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relevant

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noisome

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unpleasant

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cohesive

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well put together

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convoluted

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complex

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obfuscating

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making unclear

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inveighing

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write with hostility

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painstakingly

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carefully (through hard work)

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benevolent

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kind

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obtrusive

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noticeable in a unpleasant way

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deleterious

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harmful

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blunt

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direct, insensitive, abrupt

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discerning

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showing good judgement

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exiguous

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small, scanty, inadequate

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patronize

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treat in a condescending manner

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levity

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lightness in manner, frivolous

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excoriated

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criticized, attacked

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relish

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enjoy

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assailed

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attacked

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capricious

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sudden changes in mood

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unsparing

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merciless, severe

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bewildering

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confusing

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peddle

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sell

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indulgent

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decadent, culture decline

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blithe

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careless

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insipid

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lacking flavor, lacking interest

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acquiesced to

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agree to

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bristled at

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showing anger

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nascent

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naive, just coming to existence

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quietus

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period of retirement

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sinecure

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job requiring little work

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interregnum

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interuption

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potlatch

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wild party

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rota

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work in rotation

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indolence

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laziness, avoiding activity

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feign

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pretend to be affected by something

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irreconcilable

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so different, cannot be compatible

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circumspect

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careful, not willing to take risks

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purge

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clean, purify

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trifling

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trivial, without seriousness, frivolous

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diachronic

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occurring across time

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skullduggery

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unfair, dishonest

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bedlam

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full of noise, confusions, lacking order

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aggrandize

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increase power of, lionize

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indict

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accuse formally, criticize

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staid

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sedate, respectable, unadventurous

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waggish

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humorous in a playful way

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stentorian

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loud and powerful

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palliate

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partially exuse

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malfeasance

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wrong doing

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substantiate

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validate, proof with evidence

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innuendo

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indirect information

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overt

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obvious

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creed

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a set of principles

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geniality

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agreeable, kind

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fraudulent

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intended to deceive

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enigma

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puzzling

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gentry

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high social class

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vassal

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loyal to feudal lord

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bromide

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commonplace, boring

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tenebrous

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difficult to understand

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pertinacious

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firmly held

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intractable

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hard to control

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mirthful

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high spirited

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vapid

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flat, bland, uninteresting

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mote

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small piece, speck

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imploded

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collapse

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contracted

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reduced to smaller size

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turbid

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unclear, murky

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multifarious

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various types, eclectic

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rebuffed

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rejected

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exigent

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demanding, urgent

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“summary decision”

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immediate direct prompt decision

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